| dc.description.abstract | Culture is an aspect that can never be separated from human life. Culture for Japanese
people is something that cannot be separated from everyday life. Culture in Japan
includes native culture and influences from outside Japan. Enjokousai (援助交際) or
in English "compensated dating" which is defined as assisted dating is an illegal
prostitution that is mostly carried out by young women in Japan with an age range of
12-20 years with the aim of getting financial assistance and buying luxury goods.
Recently, Enjokousai has shifted from its literal meaning, namely associating with
(financial) assistance, to become a phenomenon of prostitution by high school students
where the consumers of young women are dominated by older men with an age range
of 40-50 years. The research aims to find out what are the reasons for young women
doing enjokousai and what forms of enjokousai they do. This research method uses
library methods and observation methods from four video interviews of enjokousai
actors from the YouTube platform. The results of the research show that the
perpetrators commit enjokousai due to the high financial need to provide for the
perpetrator's personal life and pleasures, the relationship between parents and others is
not getting along and is ostracized from the surrounding community. The forms of
enjokousai carried out by the perpetrators were giving souvenirs, taking walks, and
having sex. The author's hope for this thesis is that it can be useful in further writing
related to enjokousai | en_US |
